Photo Spotlights

  • November 4, 2020

    Student wearing mask touching sticker 7
    Two male students voting
    Students stand in line
    Female student voting
    Male student voting
    Male student wearing t-shirt with messages
    Close up of RIT logo and sticker

    Adam Weitz, a first-year mechanical engineering student from Niskayuna, N.Y.,  turned 18 just in time to vote on Election Day. RIT students cast their votes in the Nov. 3 presidential election at a polling site in the Gene Polisseni Center. The students had registered to vote using their on-campus address. 

  • October 28, 2020

    Students in classroom drawing birds. 4
    Student photographs bird with cell phone.
    Hands with drawing.
    Barn owl on table.

    Students draw live birds brought by the organization Wild Wings. Professor Alan Singer’s zoological and botanical illustration class allows students to accurately depict animals and plants for use in various media.

  • October 14, 2020

    students outdoors dancing, sun shining, trees and building 1

    Senior Lecturer Thomas Warfield, center, takes advantage of a warm fall day and hosts his Dance II: Modern Dance and Ballet class outdoors by Lyndon Baines Johnson Hall.

     

  • October 10, 2020

    Student carves pumpkin on table in parking lot 5
    Students dancing outdoors, dramatic sky, wearing mask
    Group of students pose with carved pumpkins
    Drummers in costume drum outside in front of brick wall
    Pumpkins lined up on the track outdoors to be viewed

    Pumpkins and performances highlighted Brick City Homecoming activities Oct. 9-11 geared toward students.

  • October 6, 2020

    Students get free cookies on quarter mile on fall day 3
    Two students stand in front of wall with RIT cookies
    Cookies being handed out near Global Village. Students walking, table full of cookies.

    Thousands of pawprint cookies were handed out on Tuesday to congratulate students, faculty, and staff on keeping the COVID-19 rates down and reaching the halfway point in the semester.

  • October 3, 2020

    Students outdoors in lawn with blue skies and sunlight 7
    Girl in field with hand raised wearing mask
    Students sitting in lawn watching presentation wearing masks
    BLM stickers spread out on table
    Student on outdoor stage with microphone giving a speech
    Students dancing with blue skies
    Students dancing on outdoor stage, BLM flag in foreground.

    A Black Lives Matter rally, complete with speakers, music, poetry, and dancing groups, was held Oct. 3 on the Greek Lawn near the Gordon Field House.

     

  • August 24, 2020

    students wearing masks walking outside. 11
    student playing the saxophone outside.
    students participate in an Intro to Theater class outside.
    professor teaching students online and in the classroom.
    students in classroom opening kits.
    students walking on Quarter Miles wearing masks.
    professor teaching an in-person class.
    two students wearing face masks sitting on a bench outside.
    two people wearing face masks with clear shield talking outside.
    professor on a TV screen in front of classroom with students.
    students walking outside wearing face masks.

    Students head to class on the first day of the fall semester, Aug. 19, 2020.

  • August 17, 2020

    students wearing masks dancing outside. 6
    group of students wearing masks and talking outside.
    huge tiger paw print painted on lawn.
    students wearing masks sitting at a long table working on laptops.
    students practicing physical distancing while exercising outside.
    students wearing masks and sitting physically distanced in a classroom.

    Students arriving on the RIT campus this semester have a variety of activities awaiting them, including outdoor concerts, individual fitness pods, clubs, volunteer and leadership opportunities, intramurals and more. Last week, first-year students began orientation, where students were welcomed in small groups to tour the campus, watch outdoor movies, and sample fare from food trucks.

  • March 10, 2020

    Student Alumni Union lobby 1

    RIT's annual United Way Campaign kicked-off with games, an Agency Fair and the CHARITY Auction in the Student Alumni Union and Campus Center. To make an online pledge, go to https://www.rit.edu/unitedway/.

  • March 5, 2020

    mini car race 5
    mini car race
    female student talking
    an RIT team
    mini race car

    A self-driving miniature car race was held at RIT March 4. Student coders from RIT, MCC and University of Rochester competed to see who could program the fastest Amazon Web Services (AWS) DeepRacer car. The challenge was run by RIT and EagleDream Technologies.

  • March 3, 2020

    woman talking to another 1

    Assistant Professor in the Saunders College of Business Duygu Akdevelioglu talks with Associate Provost Carmala Garzione at the annual Mid-Tenure Review meeting. Tenure-track faculty learned about requirements for mid-tenure review and the process from Garzione and colleagues who have earned tenure.

  • March 2, 2020

    women at computers 2
    women at computers

    An all-women hackathon held over the weekend at RIT helped inspire college women interested in the field of computing. The annual WiC Hacks event, hosted by RIT's Women in Computing group, was held Feb. 29 – March 1.